Posted April 19, 2017 Hello All, This would be my first computer build since I was a Freshman in High School. That was the year 2000. SO, please give me your thoughts on the below parts list. Should I add something, change something? My main use for the PC will be gaming in 4k. I didn't go with a 6800 or 6850 because it appears the 7700 does quite a bit better on benchmarks. Also, even though, say, the 6850 has 40 lanes, this really wouldn't provide a noticeable improvement to the 2 1080s, correct? I'm scared as hell to buy all these parts and screw something up on the build man! Been a long time! Thanks for your thoughts/help guys! Qty. Product Description Savings Total Price 1 EVGA SuperNOVA 1200 P2 220-P2-1200-X1 80+ PLATINUM 1200W Fully Modular EVGA ECO Mode Includes FREE Power On Self Tester Power Supply Item #:N82E16817438029 Return Policy: Standard Return Policy $229.99 1 MSI Z270 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM LGA 1151 Intel Z270 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 ATX Motherboards - Intel Item #:N82E16813130968 Return Policy: Replacement Only Return Policy $329.99 1 WD Gold 2TB Datacenter Hard Disk Drive - 7200 RPM Class SATA 6Gb/s 128MB Cache 3.5 inch - WD2005FBYZ Item #:1Z4-0002-002V0 Return Policy: Standard Return Policy $129.99 1 Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit Item #:N82E16832416804 Return Policy: Consumable Product Return Policy $139.99 1 CORSAIR Vengeance LED 32GB (2 x 16GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600) Memory (Desktop Memory) Model CMU32GX4M2C3200C16R Item #:N82E16820236094 Return Policy: Standard Return Policy $349.99$329.99 1 Corsair Obsidian Series 750D Airflow CC-9011078-WW Black Brushed Aluminum and Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case ATX Power Supply Item #:N82E16811139060 Return Policy: Standard Return Policy $159.99 1 Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2 GHz LGA 1151 BX80677I77700K Desktop Processor Item #:N82E16819117726 Return Policy: Replacement Only Return Policy $349.99 2 EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti FE DirectX 12 11G-P4-6390-KR FOUNDERS EDITION Video Card Item #:N82E16814487335 Return Policy: Replacement Only Return Policy $1,399.98 2 NVIDIA GIFT - For Honor or Ghost Recon: Wildlands Item #:N82E16800995273 Return Policy: Consumable Product Return Policy Gift Item $119.98$0.00 1 SAMSUNG SM951 M.2 256GB Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)Form Factor: M.2 Capacity: 256GBItem #:9SIA12K3G96790 Sold by 3C Expert $309.99 1 EVGA PRO SLI BRIDGE HB (2 Slot Spacing)Color: N/A SLI Bridge: 2-Way Option: 2 Slot Spacing HB SLIItem #:9SIA4M54XR1536 Sold by My Goods $27.39 Grand Total: $3,407.29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 19, 2017 Wait you want to pay 130$ for Windows 7? Also i would rather go with Ryzen 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 19, 2017 Where is CPU cooler? PSU overkill HDD overkill (Get WD Blue/Seagate Barracuda) SSD a bit overkill Mobo a bit overkill Why Windows 7? Recommend i7 Extreme CPUs for dual GPU setup Desktop specs: Spoiler AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB Gigabyte B550M DS3H mATX Asrock Challenger Pro OC Radeon RX 6700 XT Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (8Gx2) 3600MHz CL18 Kingston NV2 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD Montech Century 850W Gold Tecware Nexus Air (Black) ATX Mid Tower Laptop: Lenovo Ideapad 5 Pro 16ACH6 Phone: Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro 8+128 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 19, 2017 Author 6 minutes ago, frozeNNN said: Wait you want to pay 130$ for Windows 7? Also i would rather go with Ryzen 7 I don't know why Windows 7, I guess Windows 10 is good nowadays, eh? Hated 8. Would prefer to not go the AMD route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 19, 2017 Author 7 minutes ago, ZM Fong said: Where is CPU cooler? PSU overkill HDD overkill (Get WD Blue/Seagate Barracuda) SSD a bit overkill Mobo a bit overkill Why Windows 7? Recommend i7 Extreme CPUs for dual GPU setup Thanks for the reply. Not sure whether to get water cooled or not. Recommendations? I realize everything here may be a bit 'overkill', but as I said I wanted to allow for some future proofing, meaning I don't want to have build a new computer for as long as possible. I can overclock, don't think it would be necessary to get an Extreme edition anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 19, 2017 CPU cooler - Get air coolers, AIO not worth it. Examples: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 PSU - EVGA G2/G3 HDD - WD Blue 2TB/Seagate Barracuda 2TB IMO, CPU and GPU are the ONLY components that can future proof. Invest more on them. Desktop specs: Spoiler AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB Gigabyte B550M DS3H mATX Asrock Challenger Pro OC Radeon RX 6700 XT Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (8Gx2) 3600MHz CL18 Kingston NV2 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD Montech Century 850W Gold Tecware Nexus Air (Black) ATX Mid Tower Laptop: Lenovo Ideapad 5 Pro 16ACH6 Phone: Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro 8+128 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 19, 2017 You should be looking at the Samsung 960 Pro or Evo M.2 drives instead of the 951. The psu is almost twice what is needed. Consider an EVGA P2, G2, or G3 750W or 850W. Corsair RMx are also very good. Are you sure that an hdd built to handle 24x7 heavy data center loads is going to do well in a light use desktop? It does not follow that a drive designed to be working constantly 24x7 is going to do well sitting idle most of the time. Unless there are particular features you intend to use in Windows Pro, you may as well get the standard version. I would suggest getting non FE gpu. They will run quieter and cooler. The Corsair H100i v2 or Nzxt Kraken X62 AIO cpu coolers are good options. Did you consider any of the Phanteks cases? 80+ ratings certify electrical efficiency. Not quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 19, 2017 Author 1 minute ago, ZM Fong said: CPU cooler - Get air coolers, AIO not worth it. Examples: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 PSU - EVGA G2/G3 HDD - WD Blue 2TB/Seagate Barracuda 2TB IMO, CPU and GPU are the ONLY components that can future proof. Invest more on them. Thank you for the CPU Cooler examples, I'll check them out and review. I'll also check out the HDD you have there. I believe the CPU and GPUs I selected are pretty damn solid. I am considering a 6850 setup which I could overclock, the price/performance ratio is just not there at the moment. Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 19, 2017 3 minutes ago, FosterGuy said: Thank you for the CPU Cooler examples, I'll check them out and review. I'll also check out the HDD you have there. I believe the CPU and GPUs I selected are pretty damn solid. I am considering a 6850 setup which I could overclock, the price/performance ratio is just not there at the moment. Thanks again. Welcome! Desktop specs: Spoiler AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB Gigabyte B550M DS3H mATX Asrock Challenger Pro OC Radeon RX 6700 XT Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (8Gx2) 3600MHz CL18 Kingston NV2 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD Montech Century 850W Gold Tecware Nexus Air (Black) ATX Mid Tower Laptop: Lenovo Ideapad 5 Pro 16ACH6 Phone: Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro 8+128 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 19, 2017 Author 1 minute ago, brob said: You should be looking at the Samsung 960 Pro or Evo M.2 drives instead of the 951. The psu is almost twice what is needed. Consider an EVGA P2, G2, or G3 750W or 850W. Are you sure that an hdd build to handle 24x7 heavy data center loads is going to do well in a light use desktop? It does not follow that a drive designed to be working constantly 24x7 is going to do well sitting idle most of the time. Unless there are particular features you intend to use in Windows Pro, you may as well get the standard version. I would suggest getting non FE gpu. They will run quieter and cooler. The Corsair H100i v2 or Nzxt Kraken X62 AIO cpu coolers are good options. Did you consider any of the Phanteks cases? I'll check out the Evo M.2 drives you speak of. This tech is new to me (M.2), so bit of a learning curve there but I understand it is the newest best, so to speak. I wasn't sure about my 2TB HDD selection, wasn't aware of the above. I'll make that correction as well. You think the PSU is overkill given the SLI setup? Could save a $100 or so by going lower there, so let me know and I'll adjust course on that. Roger that on WPRO and non FE GPU, good to know. I'll check out the coolers as well. I am completely oblivious when it comes to case selection. I do know I want a full tower with good airflow options. I don't want to have to worry about room, period. I'll check out the Phantek line. Great advice, thank you sir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 19, 2017 22 minutes ago, FosterGuy said: I'll check out the Evo M.2 drives you speak of. This tech is new to me (M.2), so bit of a learning curve there but I understand it is the newest best, so to speak. I wasn't sure about my 2TB HDD selection, wasn't aware of the above. I'll make that correction as well. You think the PSU is overkill given the SLI setup? Could save a $100 or so by going lower there, so let me know and I'll adjust course on that. Roger that on WPRO and non FE GPU, good to know. I'll check out the coolers as well. I am completely oblivious when it comes to case selection. I do know I want a full tower with good airflow options. I don't want to have to worry about room, period. I'll check out the Phantek line. Great advice, thank you sir! I was a little off on my power estimates. You should be looking at something around 1000W. (To allow for overclocking, etc.) pcpartpicker.com is a handy tool for developing builds. It can be limited to a single vendor and custom parts can be added, as I show below. I include this list to suggest an alternative storage approach and suggest some other components. PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($349.99 @ Newegg) CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($119.99 @ Newegg) Motherboard: MSI Z270 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($333.98 @ Newegg) Memory: Corsair Vengeance LED 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($329.99 @ Newegg) Storage: Crucial MX300 2.0TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($549.99 @ Newegg) Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB AORUS Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($729.98 @ Newegg) Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB AORUS Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($729.98 @ Newegg) Case: Phanteks Enthoo Series Primo Aluminum ATX Full Tower Case ($239.99 @ Newegg) Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G3 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($159.99 @ Newegg) Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home Full - USB 32/64-bit ($132.98 @ Newegg) Other: EVGA PRO SLI BRIDGE HB (2 Slot Spacing) ($27.39)Total: $3704.25Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-19 12:18 EDT-0400 80+ ratings certify electrical efficiency. Not quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 19, 2017 1 hour ago, FosterGuy said: I don't know why Windows 7, I guess Windows 10 is good nowadays, eh? Hated 8. Would prefer to not go the AMD route. You can get any Windows key you prefer, it's not about the version it's about the price. You can buy a Windows key on online sites for much less money such as G2A or Kinguin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 19, 2017 Author 19 minutes ago, brob said: I was a little off on my power estimates. You should be looking at something around 1000W. (To allow for overclocking, etc.) pcpartpicker.com is a handy tool for developing builds. It can be limited to a single vendor and custom parts can be added, as I show below. I include this list to suggest an alternative storage approach and suggest some other components. PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($349.99 @ Newegg) CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($119.99 @ Newegg) Motherboard: MSI Z270 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($333.98 @ Newegg) Memory: Corsair Vengeance LED 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($329.99 @ Newegg) Storage: Crucial MX300 2.0TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($549.99 @ Newegg) Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB AORUS Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($729.98 @ Newegg) Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB AORUS Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($729.98 @ Newegg) Case: Phanteks Enthoo Series Primo Aluminum ATX Full Tower Case ($239.99 @ Newegg) Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G3 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($159.99 @ Newegg) Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home Full - USB 32/64-bit ($132.98 @ Newegg) Other: EVGA PRO SLI BRIDGE HB (2 Slot Spacing) ($27.39)Total: $3704.25Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-19 12:18 EDT-0400 This is great, appreciate your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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